Monitors were intimidated, including receiving veiled threats from government officials, and were physically attacked.c Despite protests by IMF, the World Bank, and the United States State Department, the Government of Cambodia recently fired Global Witness, claiming that the monitor was “hostile and unfair in its reports about illegal logging”.d Required audits of timber companies remain incomplete and illegal logging continues.e
Los inspectores fueron intimidados, llegando incluso a recibir amenazas veladas de funcionarios del gobierno, y fueron atacados físicamentec. A pesar de las protestas del FMI, el Banco Mundial y el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, el Gobierno de Camboya expulsó recientemente a Global Witness, afirmando que la organización inspectora era “hostil e injusta en sus informes sobre actividades madereras ilícitas”d.